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Imprint derived from colophon (q5 verso): Anno incarnationis dominice quadringentesimo nonagesimo septimo supra milesimum die vero quarta mensis decembris, opera et industria Magistri Martini Morin impressoris, Rothomagi ... Impensa vero Johannis richardi mercatoris ...

Signatures: a⁸ A-E⁸ F⁶ G⁸ H⁶ I-L⁸ M⁶ N-S⁸ T-X⁶ a-c⁸ d⁶ e⁸ f⁶ g-q⁸.

Median folio; printed in red and black ink; double columns; 40 lines per page; initial spaces with guide letters

English short title catalogue, S113344

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M721

Incunabula short title catalogue, im00721000

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.48 FOLIO imperfect. 26 leaves wanting: a1, a6, a7, A1-4, X1, c8, o1-p8, q8. Leaves O3-O6 printed on vellum with woodcuts colored by hand and an illuminated initial. Margins ruled in light brown ink. Four-line initials rubricated in blue and red. Section on Thomas Becket, printed on leaf xvii recto and verso (C1) struck out. Leaf dimensions: 349 x 254 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.48 FOLIO with armorial bookplate of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry. Pencil inscription on recto of modern front free endpaper in the hand of Frederic Fox Bartrop tracing provenance. 16th-century inscriptions pertaining to the genealogy of the Cornwallis family of England on recto of early flyleaf at rear. Purchased from H.P. Kraus in March, 1950.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.48 FOLIO bound in early blind tooled calf. Spine rebacked in modern calf with title stamped in gilt.

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